Laura Longley

Oncologists are unique in that no one wants to ever go to the Oncologist. This is an understandable reluctance to face what is far too often a death sentence. From the doctor's point of view, he is a reluctant bearer of at best hard tidings, and must often look into eyes that are staring at death. Death has fostered myth, faith, fear and folklore throughout history. But facing death, addressing the issues of God, the soul, the afterlife has typically been the talk of clerics. When this man of medicine and heart runs out of science, he steps firmly onto the thin ice of faith and belief. This grey area of comfort is certainly off the medical and scientific charts.